Fastening for use with attache and suit cases, hand bags, and the like



M ay 26, 1925. 1,539,563

J. HINKEL FASTENING FOR USE WITH ATTACHE AND SUITCASES, HAND BAGS, AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 4, 1923 Patented May 26, 1925.

UNiTED STATEEE 1,539,563 PATENT entice.

JACOB HINKEL, OF OFFENBACH-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

FASTENING FOR USE WITH ATTACHE AND SUIT (JA$ES, HAND BAGS, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed January 4, 1923.

' To all whom it may 0011061 11:

Be it known that I, Jason HINKEL, a citizen of Germany, residing at Offenbach-onthe-Main, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Use with Attache and Suit Cases, Hand Bags, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to fastenings of the kind usually associated with attache and suit cases, handbags, or the like, in which a spring controlled hasp on one part is pressed or forced into engagement with a spring controlled bolt on the other part of the case or container and in which means are provided for locking the said bolt with the aid of a key.

In devices of the kind described as heretofore constructed, there was the danger of injury to the fingers by hasps suddenly flying open with great force.

it is an object of my invention to overcome this drawback by so arranging the parts of the fastener which are operated by the fingers of the user that any danger of injury by the hasp is obviated and the fastenercan be opened more conveniently and a greater force can be exerted thereon than in the devices heretofore constructed.

My new fastener is of the usual construction comprising a spring-pressed bolt reciprocating in a casing under the action of a spring and engaging a keeper on the hasp when the fastener is closed. Then the bolt is pushed back against the action of its spring, the hasp is released and is thrown out by the usual spiral spring mounted on its hinge pin.

The bolt is connected with two strips which extend in parallel to the edges of the hasp at either side thereof and on the outside of the casing.

In operation the strips are engaged by two lingers. for instance, the index and the thumb, and pushed downwards in order to release the hasp. It will be understood that this arrangement of two parallel strips compels the user to so apply his fingers as to leave a space between them in which the hasp free to fly open without hitting the fingers.

In order that the invention may be readily understood and carried into effect it will now be more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating diagranunatieally and by way of example a erial No. 610,687.

fastening embodying my invention, and in which:

Fig. 1 is an exterior View of the fastening showing the hasp and the laterally disposed slides, the hasp being in the closed or engaged position.

Figure 2 is a similar view showingthe hinged portion of the hasp in the open or disengaged position in which it is assumed to have thrown back on its release from the hasp bolt.

Referring to the drawing a is the face or exterior plate of a casing upon the inner or rear face of which the fastening or look is mounted. The hasp 7) is carried by the associated plate 6 and is hinged as usual at c, a spring in the hinge (not shown) being adapted to cause the has'p to fly open when the hasp is released as will be readily understood. (Z (Z are slides or strips disposed laterally in relation to the hasp and arranged to work in the plate at. These slides are conuected, as by screws or pins (Z (P, with the bolt 6 which is formed or provided with the nose or projection e for engagement with the slotted catch portion or keeper 6 of the hasp. The pins (Z are free to move in slots (l of the plate a. Thus it will be seen that the bolt 6 is operable from the exterior by means of the slides d d disposed laterally in relation to the hasp b and operable in alignment therewith, the arrangement admitting, the operation of the bolt by the thumb and fore finger without fear of the hasp catching the hand when it flies open under the tension of the hinge spring upon release from the nose or projection e on the said bolt 0.

If the hasp 7) is pressed so that the part 71 enters the slot (L1 in the plate a, the impact with the nose or projection e causes the latter fiuence of a spring not shown to enter the slot in the said portion 5 thereby effecting the fastening of the case or the like. To open the latter, the slides (Z (Z are moved in alignment with the hasp by gripping the said slides with the thumb and fore finger, which can conveniently be done in any position, whereupon the nose 6 is withdrawn from the portion b with the result that the disengaged portion of the hasp flies back, passing in its movement between the thumb and fore finger used in manipulating the slides (Z (l. Even if the case is packed to excess, the operating of the fastening is not to recede and then under the inimpaired. Any suitable means may be provided for locking the bolt 6, for instance, a key adapted tobe inserted in the hole f. 'The construction or the locking device is however subject to variation according to circumstances or requirements.

1 claim 2- r i 1. Hasp fastener comprising a hasp hinged to one of the partsto be connected, a spring tending to throw out said haspya 'keeper' on'said hasp,'a basing 'securedto the otherlpart, abolt adapted'to reciprocate in jsa'idcasing'and to engage said keeper, and two parallel operating strips connected with thereof andon'theoutside' of said casing.

*2. Hee fastener comprisinga hasp hinged to one of the parts to be connected,

M spring tendin'g to throw out said h'asp, a

saiidhelt andextending in parallel to the lateral edges of said hasp at either side vertically in said casing and to engage said keeper, and two parallel operating strips connected with said bolt and extending in parallelto the lat'eral'edges of said hasp at either side thereof and on the outside of said casini'i v 3. asp fastener comprlslng a llasp hinged to one of the parts to be connected, a spring tending to throw out said hasp,-a keeper on said-hasp, a casing secured to the otherpart, a bolt adapted to reciprocate in said casing and to engagesaid keeper, means for locking and; releasing said bolt and two" parallel operating strips connected with said W. W, 8051011, I C. C. L. B. Twins. 

